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Sceloporus horridus WIEGMANN, 1834

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Higher TaxaPhrynosomatidae, Sceloporinae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesSceloporus horridus horridus WIEGMANN 1834
Sceloporus horridus oligoporus COPE 1864 
Common NamesE: Horrible Spiny Lizard, Rough Lizard, Southern Rough Lizard [horridus]
S: Chintete Gris del Sur [horridus]
E: Few-pored Rough Lizard, Western Rough Lizard [oligoporus]
S: Chintete Gris de Pocos Poros [oligoporus] 
SynonymSceloporus horridus WIEGMANN 1834
Tropidolepis horridus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 306
Tropidolepis Horridus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 270
Sceloporus spinosus horridus — BOULENGER 1885: 493
Sceloporus horridus horridus — SMITH 1939: 98
Sceloporus horridus horridus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 116
Sceloporus horridus horridus — CAMARILLO-RANGEL 1983
Sceloporus horridus — LINER 1994
Sceloporus horridus — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus horridus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Sceloporus horridus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008
Sceloporus horridus — CORTÉS-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2022
Sceloporus horridus — HEIMES 2022

Sceloporus horridus oligoporus COPE 1864
Sceloporus horridus oligoporus — SCHMIDT 1947
Sceloporus horridus oligoporus — ETHERIDGE 1964
Sceloporus horridus oligoporus — CAMARILLO-RANGEL 1983
Sceloporus horridus oligoporus — BELL et al. 2003
Sceloporus horridus oligoporus — LINER & CASAS-ANDREU 2008 
DistributionMexico (S Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca, S Puebla, N Jalisco, Michoacan, Colima, Aguascalientes, México, Nayarit)

oligoporus: Mexico (W Guerrero, C/S Michoacan, C Jalisco). Type Locality: Colima, Colima, Mexico.

Type locality: Mexico. Restricted to Cuernavaca, Morelos, by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 640 (missing fide Taylor, 1969), Ferdinand Deppe collector.
Syntypes: USNM 31386-31393, collected by John Xantus; 31391 exchanged to MCZ in 1944; 31392 exchanged to INHS (= UIMNH) in 1956, paratype: USNM 31391 [oligoporus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Smith 1939: 98 
CommentSubspecies: Sceloporus horridus albiventris SMITH 1939: 108 is now considered as valid species.

Distribution: Not in Durango fide Lemos-Espinal (2018), nor in Sinaloa (Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020). Not in Guanajuato fide Leyte-Manrique et al. 2022.

Diet: a large percentage of the diet of this species (10-30%) consists of ants (Lucas et al. 2023). 
EtymologyThe Latin horridus, "bristly," or "rough," refers to the strongly mucronate dorsal scales. It is unlikely that the ancillary meaning of dreadful, frightful or fearsome (the English word horrid) was intended by the describer.

oligoporus: The Greek words oligo, "few," and poros, "pore," refer to the small number of femoral pores, which rarely total more than six for both sides. 
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